At the time Fisher defended the use of the photograph and the story with numerous tweets. In one tweet he said that this wasÂ â€śhow a real newspaper worksâ€ť. That “real newspaper” though seems to have taken down the photo that they emblazoned all over their website on Saturday…perhaps they aren’t too happy with the sleazy and underhand way with which their top “investigative” reporter obtained that photo.

They probably will be even less happy when they read the news being plastered all over other news sites about Fisher’s source.

Bowerman told the authority he had been working for Black as both a personal guard and private investigator since March 2009.

Lawyers acting for Goodfellow told the authority the filming occurred during a meeting at an upmarket Orakei address on August 11 last year, and was revealed when the National Party president noticed something amiss.

“He noticed something under a beanie hat. He lifted it up, and under it was a camera which had been on for an hour and seven minutes,” the lawyer said.

Under questioning by authority member Roger Gill, Bowerman conceded the filming was covert but insisted he had “implied consent” from Black to undertake the surveillance.

“She never said that she didn’t consent to the filming,” he said.

Bowerman’s claim contrasted with evidence submitted by Goodfellow’s lawyers that Black, when the camera was discovered, denied knowing anything about the filming.

So now we know…David Fisherâ€™s main source for the beat up over Judith Collins is a real scumbag, par for the course from the NZ Herald.

One wonders if Bowerman arranged that as cover for his rather sleazy, stalker like behaviour in respect of Peter Goodfellow.

When bereft of credible ability… NoTW style tactics are all that can be expected…

Which result in an expected advertiser revenue drop as a result…

Doug

Is this the same â€śDavid Fisherâ€ť that has been fixated on the Fat German (DotCon)
If so he is a piss poor reporter (Repeater)

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/ Petal

The one and only.

Patrick

NZ Herald – stop reading it, stop buying it. It will cease to exist & therefore so will Fisher as a journalist.

Gazzaw

Just pure supposition on my part but is there any possibility that Bowerman had any connection with the ‘teapot tapes’? Sure, it was a recording device and not a camera but the m.o. seems to be remarkably similar.